Zac Efron: "I don't think I'm a heartthrob"

The New Year's Eve actor dismissed the term during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Tracy Smith, according to The Huffington Post.

Efron said: "I can't explain to you what it feels like to be a heartthrob. I don't think I am a heartthrob.

"I hate it. [The term] follows you around, but you don't deserve it."

Efron, who stars alongside Taylor Swift in upcoming animated film The Lorax, recently said that Dr Seuss played a significant role in his childhood, commenting: "I was raised on Dr Seuss... I'm pretty sure I learned how to read via his prose."

Efron will next be seen in Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Lucky One, opposite Mercy actress Taylor Schilling.